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enPro Research Tip: Rhode Island Cemeteries Databasehttp://www.provlib.org/blog/pro-research-tip-rhode-island-cemeteries-database
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">Do you utilize cemetery records for your family research? &nbsp;Locating the burial sites of your ancestors can provide a great deal of information about your family members. &nbsp;The marker or stone can provide full name information, birth and death dates, and often may note other family members including spouse and children. &nbsp; The burial might have occurred in a family plot or near other relatives so that you can often document details about whole family groups.<p><a href="http://www.provlib.org/blog/pro-research-tip-rhode-island-cemeteries-database" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.provlib.org/blog/pro-research-tip-rhode-island-cemeteries-database#commentscemeteriesfamily historygenealogyresearchRhode IslandRhode Island historyRhode Island RedWed, 09 Apr 2014 14:26:04 +0000kwells4873 at http://www.provlib.orgBlack Sheep Genealogy http://www.provlib.org/blog/black-sheep-genealogy
<p>A post in the recent <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/wg-vol-17-no-14/#9" target="_blank">newsletter</a> from the New England Historic Genealogical Society got me thinking about black sheep genealogy. &nbsp;You know those family members that have the reputation of being a bit "off". &nbsp;Ancestors that the rest of the family was at best a bit embarrassed about or at worst, completely shunned. &nbsp;They can be awfully hard to track down and get details about because often they weren't the ancestors that our families bragged about. &nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.provlib.org/blog/black-sheep-genealogy" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.provlib.org/blog/black-sheep-genealogy#commentsfamily historygenealogyRhode IslandRhode Island historyRhode Island RedFri, 04 Apr 2014 16:42:13 +0000kwells4867 at http://www.provlib.orgGrowing up on Fruit Hill http://www.provlib.org/blog/growing-fruit-hill
<p><em>"Growing Up on Fruit Hill in the Thirties and Forties: A Bit of Nostalgia" is a guest blog essay by Bob Black. &nbsp;Bob grew up in Providence and lived on Fruit Hill from 1930-1948.</em></p><p><em></em><em style="font-size: 13px;">If you've done research in the Rhode Island Collection, we'd love to feature your story! &nbsp;Contact Kate Wells at kwells@provlib.org.</em><em style="font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</em></p><p><a href="http://www.provlib.org/blog/growing-fruit-hill" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.provlib.org/blog/growing-fruit-hill#commentschildhoodFruit HillProvidenceReservoirsRhode IslandRhode Island RedThu, 27 Mar 2014 21:21:06 +0000kwells4863 at http://www.provlib.orgMills and Mill Villages Photograph Collection http://www.provlib.org/blog/mills-and-mill-villages-photograph-collection
<p><em>This is a guest post from Spring 2014 intern, Taylor McNeilly. &nbsp;Tyalor is currently in the MLIS program at Simmons College in Boston. &nbsp;</em></p><p><a href="http://www.provlib.org/blog/mills-and-mill-villages-photograph-collection" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.provlib.org/blog/mills-and-mill-villages-photograph-collection#commentsarchitectureMillsphotographsRhode IslandRhode Island CollectionRhode Island historyWPARhode Island RedThu, 13 Mar 2014 19:49:48 +0000kwells4821 at http://www.provlib.orgBodoni One More Timehttp://www.provlib.org/blog/bodoni-one-more-time
<p style="text-align: center;">(<em><a href="http://pplspcoll.wordpress.com/">Stay up to date with all the Special Collections blog posts at the Notes for Biliophiles blog</a></em>.)</p><p><a href="http://www.provlib.org/blog/bodoni-one-more-time" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.provlib.org/blog/bodoni-one-more-time#commentsSpecial CollectionsTue, 25 Feb 2014 18:58:57 +0000jgoffin4776 at http://www.provlib.org2nd Regiment, Company F of the Rhode Island Volunteershttp://www.provlib.org/blog/2nd-regiment-company-f-rhode-island-volunteers
<p>Last week I began identifying photographs from a large plastic bin in our backlog. &nbsp;The bin held a variety of images from various donations over the years. &nbsp;Loads of great stuff - some of it well identified and unfortunately, some with very little contextual information. &nbsp; I came across a folder of photographs that piqued my interest. &nbsp;Sometimes when you work in an archive you find a little trove and then you're down the rabbit hole, so to speak. &nbsp;I just couldn't get the men in these images out of my head and so I decided to do some research.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.provlib.org/blog/2nd-regiment-company-f-rhode-island-volunteers" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.provlib.org/blog/2nd-regiment-company-f-rhode-island-volunteers#commentsCivil WarphotographsportraitsRhode IslandRhode Island historySoldiersRhode Island RedMon, 24 Feb 2014 22:44:27 +0000kwells4774 at http://www.provlib.orgPlanning Your February Calendarhttp://www.provlib.org/blog/planning-your-february-calendar
<p>(<em><a href="http://pplspcoll.wordpress.com/">Stay up to date with Special Collections by visiting and subscribing to the Notes for Bibliophiles blog.</a></em>)</p><p><a href="http://www.provlib.org/blog/planning-your-february-calendar" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.provlib.org/blog/planning-your-february-calendar#commentsSpecial CollectionsMon, 27 Jan 2014 19:16:01 +0000jgoffin4749 at http://www.provlib.orgFree Printing Press! (Some manufacture and assembly required)http://www.provlib.org/blog/free-printing-press-some-manufacture-and-assembly-required
<p>Have you ever found yourself wishing for a printing press built to authentic nineteenth-century standards? Of course you have. And fortunately T.C. Hansard has anatomized the press and provided a detailed description of its parts, in his 1825 <em>Typographia: An Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing</em>.</p><p><a href="http://www.provlib.org/blog/free-printing-press-some-manufacture-and-assembly-required" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.provlib.org/blog/free-printing-press-some-manufacture-and-assembly-required#commentsSpecial CollectionsThu, 09 Jan 2014 21:08:16 +0000jgoffin4736 at http://www.provlib.orgPro Research Tip: Perpetual Calendarshttp://www.provlib.org/blog/pro-research-tip-perpetual-calendars
<p>So in honor of the change to 2014 and the fact that this afternoon I changed out my office wall calendar, I'm going to tell you about the magic of a perpetual calendar. &nbsp;And I'm going to use it as an opportunity to tell you about our newly processed <a href="http://www.provlib.org/sites/default/files/MSS%20017%20RI%20Theatre%20Collection%20Finding%20Aid_0.pdf" target="_blank">RI Theatre Collection</a> and the kinds of activities that take place when archivists get materials organized and accessible for researchers. &nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.provlib.org/blog/pro-research-tip-perpetual-calendars" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.provlib.org/blog/pro-research-tip-perpetual-calendars#commentsArchivesPerpetual CalendarResearch tipsRhode IslandRhode Island historyTheatreRhode Island RedFri, 03 Jan 2014 20:06:11 +0000kwells4733 at http://www.provlib.orgRhode Island Theatre Collectionhttp://www.provlib.org/blog/rhode-island-theatre-collection
<p>Just in time to close out 2013, I'm happy to announce the newly processed <a href="http://www.provlib.org/sites/default/files/MSS%20017%20RI%20Theatre%20Collection%20Finding%20Aid_0.pdf" target="_blank">Rhode Island Theatre Collection</a>. &nbsp; This collection pulls together a number of theatre and performance materials previously uncataloged in the Rhode Island Collection. &nbsp;Our Fall intern, Jessica Lemieux, spent many hours organizing the items by theatre and then chronologically, rehousing them into archival folders and boxes and inventorying the them.<p><a href="http://www.provlib.org/blog/rhode-island-theatre-collection" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.provlib.org/blog/rhode-island-theatre-collection#commentsProvidenceRhode IslandRhode Island CollectionTheatreTheatre historyRhode Island RedFri, 27 Dec 2013 19:45:51 +0000kwells4725 at http://www.provlib.org